Team culture discussion
Design a workspace culture that propels you and you team into the future. Start with a discussion.
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- Apr 19, 2023
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About this process
Start by defining your purpose and values and then move into key concepts like rules, behaviours, safety, celebrations, rituals, etc. Ask questions like: How do we help each other learn and grow? How do we encourage everyone to speak up?
The process in detail
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Purpose. (Why?)
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How much do people believe in what you are trying to achieve?
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How would you define your team culture?
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Values.
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Decision-making and decision makers.
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Self assessment criteria.
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Meetings and communication.
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Feedback
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Rituals.
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Expectations & Psychological safety
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Norms & Rules.
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1. Purpose. (Why?)
Create a work environment and a team culture that will propel you into the future. Start by defining you purpose. Why do you exist? Why are you building a new business / feature or product?
2. How much do people believe in what you are trying to achieve?
- Strongly Disagree
- Disagree
- Neutral
- Agree
- Strongly Agree
3. How would you define your team culture?
Choose one of the following options.
- Country club: Soft culture with poor accountability. The goal is to look good and have a good time.
- Competitive culture: Characterized by conflict and team competition. Teams are often forced to look out for themselves.
- Congenial culture: Characterized by harmony and support. Typically teams are not candid or honest because they are polite and often think that the truth might hurt.
- Talent culture: Talent and performance are the key criteria to success Winning and delivering results is all that matters. Relationships are often irrelevant.
- Constructive culture: Team members are committed to being successful and nurturing relationships.
- Championship culture: Strong sense of mission and purpose and they have high standards for the team members.
4. Values.
What do we believe in?
5. Decision-making and decision makers.
How might we distribute authority? What methods and criteria do we use to make decisions and define success? Who, When and how is the decision maker?
6. Self assessment criteria.
How can team members evalaute their decisions and actions? How can they make decisions with confidence? Share your ideas below👇
7. Meetings and communication.
How do we comunicate and collaborate? Be specific! Define How? When? How often? Who? For how long?
8. Feedback
How do we help each other learn a grow? How and how often should we give feedback?
9. Rituals.
Do we have our own unique way of starting, managing, and celebrating projects? How do we avoid conflict?
Some good examples of rituals are: The "wist, lick, dunk'" from oreo and the intimidating ritual of the haka.
Share your ideas below. 👇
10. Expectations & Psychological safety
How do we encourage everyone to speak up? How do encourage people to participate? How do we support eachother during learning periods? How do we avoid silence? How do we make sure people feel the process is fair?
11. Norms & Rules.
How do we clarify expected behavious without affecting people's autonomy? What behaviours would we punish? What behaviours we reward?